УДК 343.34:004.056(4-6ЄС)

ORCID: 0000-0003-4496-5173

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-2(51)-16

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Mykhailo HUTSALYUK,

Leading Research Fellow,

Interdepartmental Research Center

on Combating Organized Crime

under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine,

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor,

Senior Research Fellow

IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN STANDARDS

IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CYBERCRIME:

PROBLEMS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN UKRAINE

The article analyzes the need to harmonize Ukrainian legislation with European standards in the fight against cybercrime, with an emphasis on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on Cybercrime and its Second Additional Protocol. It emphasizes the importance of introducing clear procedures for processing electronic evidence and harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with the EU Regulation on electronic evidence.

Keywords: cybercrime, electronic evidence, international cooperation, criminal procedural law, implementation, cross-border investigations.

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